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Graphics Stack
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GamingOnLinux ☛ D7VK brings Direct3D 7 to Linux using Vulkan based on DXVK | GamingOnLinux
We've have DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for various versions of Direct3D on Linux, but now it seems we're also getting Direct3D 7 as well.
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Applications
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GamingOnLinux ☛ The popular Easy Effects app swaps from GTK over to Qt, QML and Kirigami with a big new release | GamingOnLinux
Originally known as PulseEffects, Easy Effects is an audio manipulation tool for Linux that provides many different useful effects and filters. Hold on a minute, this isn't a game? Correct! But, it's still an incredibly useful application for Linux, and can also be useful for anyone doing any recording and streaming on Linux!
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Hardware
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GamingOnLinux ☛ The EasySMX X05 Pro wireless controller is cheap, feature-filled and comfortable with a big flaw | GamingOnLinux
The EasySMX X05 Pro was sent over for review and after spending weeks with it, this little device nearly turned into a favourite.
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Jeff Geerling ☛ Minisforum stuffs an entire Arm Homelab in the MS-R1
The Minisforum MS-R1 uses the same Cix CD8180 Arm SoC as the Orion O6 I reviewed earlier this year. But everything else about this thing is different.
What this thing should be, is a box that runs Linux and can compete with at least an Apple M1 Mac mini, or a mid-range Mini PC. But what we got... is something different.
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You Can Play Classic D3D7 Games on Linux With This New Project, But Don’t Expect Perfection
D7VK is a new Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7. It relies on DXVK’s Direct3D 9 backend and works with Wine on Linux. The project is open source and actively maintained.
The developer behind it is WinterSnowfall, who has also worked on D8VK between 2023 and 2024. That project has since been merged into the larger DXVK project that's extensively used by Linux users.
You have to understand that D7VK is not meant to run every Direct3D 7 game. Titles that mix D3D7 with older DirectDraw or GDI calls may fail to launch or show graphical glitches. So, compatibility is experimental and limited.
New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games - Ars Technica
For years now, Valve has been slowly improving the capabilities of the Proton compatibility layer that lets thousands of Windows games work seamlessly on the Linux-based SteamOS. But Valve’s Windows-to-Linux compatibility layer generally only extends back to games written for Direct3D 8, the proprietary Windows graphics API Microsoft released in late 2000.
Now, a new open source project is seeking to extend Linux interoperability further back into PC gaming history. The d7vk project describes itself as “a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 [D3D7], which allows running 3D applications on Linux using Wine.”